Cabinet



Aug. 22, 1967 E. L. MARCOUX CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 21,

INVENTOR Ear] L. Marcoux Aug. 22, 1967 E. 1.. MARcouX CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan; -21', 1966 Earl L. Mcr'coux BY I N V1: N TOR UnitedStates Patent 3,337,284 CABINET Earl L. Marcoux, 506 Main St., Mosinee,Wis. 54455 Filed Jan. 21, 1966, Ser. No. 522,301 6 Claims. (Cl. 312-330)This invention relates to cabinets. It pertains particularly tominiature cabinets of the class designed to contain jewerly and othersmall personal items.

It is the general purpose of the present invention to provide aminiature cabinet of unique and distinctive appearance which is balancedand stable even though supported on but three legs, which makes use ofintegral cabinet components as the drawer and lifting handles, and inwhich the legs are integrated into the cabinet design, giving thecabinet a unique and singularly striking appearance.

In the drawings:

FIGS. 1 and 2 are views in front and side elevation, respectively,partly broken away, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view, illustrating thedesign and construction of the cabinet of my invention.

In its broadest aspect, the presently described cabinet comprises a pairof drawer cases open at the front and arranged horizontally side byside. At least one drawer slidably is mounted in each drawer case.

A vertical center panel is secured between the cases. This panel has aterminal downward extension forming a central leg for the cabinet on oneend thereof.

A pair of vertical side panels are secured one on the outside of eachcase. Each side panel has a downward extension forming a side leg forthe cabinet on the end of the cabinet opposite the center leg thereof.

There thus is provided a stable, useful, three legged cabinet of uniquestructure and design.

Considering the foregoing in greater detail and with particularreference to the drawings:

As noted above, the cabinet of the invention is designed primarily as anornamental miniature cabinet for use in storing jewelry and other smallitems. For this use it includes a pair of drawer cases open at the frontand arranged horizontally side by side.

Each drawer case comprises a bottom piece 10, inner and outer sidepieces 12, 14, respectively, a top piece 16 and a back piece 18. Ifdesired, the case pieces may be used as exterior pieces in which eventthey are contoured and ornamented in any desired manner. In theillustrated form of the invention top piece 16 and back piece 18 areused in this manner.

Each drawer case mounts one or more drawers 20 arranged one above theother and mounted slidably, the bottom drawer on bottom piece 10, andthe top drawer on drawer slides 22.

It is to be noted particularly that each drawer is provided with a facepanel 24 of sufiicient size and extent to overlap the open face of thedrawer case in which it is contained. It thus contributes to the designappearance of the cabinet and also serves as an integral drawer pull bymeans of which the drawer may be opened.

The cabinet of the invention also includes as a primary structural anddesign feature a vertical center panel 26. This is secured between thedrawer cases, as by being glued to the adjacent inner side faces 12.

Center panel 26 may extend beyond the plane of the drawer cases on allsides and may be contoured as desired to contribute to the overalldesign effect. In addi tion, it is provided with a terminal downwardextension 28 which may extend either forwardly or rearwardly to supply agracefully tapered front or back leg which assists in supporting thecabinet.

Still further, central panel 26 may be provided with an upwardlyextending, centrally located ring 30, which serves as an integral handlefor carrying the cabinet from place to place.

The cabinet assembly also includes a pair of vertical side panels 32glued or otherwise secured one on the outside face of each of case sidepieces 14. If desired, and as in the illustrated form of the invention,each side panel may be formed in a pair of overlapped segments toachieve a particularly striking design effect. Thus side panel segment34 may be secured to side panel segment 32 in spaced parallel relationthereto, the two panels being spaced apart by means of spacing element36.

Like central panel 30, overlapped side panels 32, 34 may be dimensionedto extend beyond the planes of the face surfaces of the drawer case andcontoured in a desired design. In addition, one or the other ofoverlapped side panel segments, preferably exterior segment 34, isformed with a downward extension 38 which extends in the directionopposite to the direction of extension of center panel extension 28 andwhich serves as a gracefully tapered side leg for the cabinet. Normallyand preferably central extension 28 will extend forwardly of the cabinetand side extensions 38 rearwardly thereof, although these relativepositions may be reversed if desired. In either case, a uniquethree-point support is provided.

It thus will be apparent that by the present invention I have provided acabinet construction which is uniquely suited to the manufacture ofminiature jewelry cabinets of distinctive design and stableconstruction.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention and thescope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A cabinet comprising (a) a pair of drawer cases open at the front andarranged horizontally side by side,

(b) at least one drawer slida'bly mounted in each drawer case,

(c) a vertical center panel secured between the cases,

(d) the center panel having a terminal downward extension forming acentral leg for the cabinet on one end thereof, and

(e) a pair of vertical side panels secured one on the outside of eachcase,

(f) each side panel having a downward extension forming a side leg forthe cabinet on the end of the cabinet opposite the center leg thereof.

2. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein the central leg is positioned at thefront end and the side legs at the rear end of the cabinet.

3. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein the front leg is arranged rearwardlyand the side legs are arranged forwardly of the cabinet.

4. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein each side panel comprises a compositeof two overlapped panels secured together in spaced relation, theoutermost bearing the leg extension.

5. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein each drawer has a face paneldimensioned to overlap the case in which it is mounted, the overlappingmargins of the drawer face panel providing a drawer pull.

6. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein the center panel is provided with anupwardly extending, centrally located, integral handle for carrying thecabinet.

(References on following page) :3 a 4- References Cited 2,821,450 1/1958 Knoll 108-60 X UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,1 2, 6/ 19 Marcoux 312204345,784 7/1886 Henna-n 312-201 1,195,627 8/1916 Thum DAVID J.WILLIAMOWSKY, Primary Exammer,

1,840,595 1/1932 Moore 312256 5 JAMES T. MCCALL, Examiner.

1. A CABINET COMPRISING (A) A PAIR OF DRAWER CASES OPEN AT THE FRONT ANDARRANGED HORIZONTALLY SIDE BY SIDE, (B) AT LEAST ONE DRAWER SLIDABLYMOUNTED IN EACH DRAWER CASE, (C) A VERTICAL CENTER PANEL SECURED BETWEENTHE CASES, (D) THE CENTER PANEL HAVING A TERMINAL DOWNWARD EXTENSIONFORMING A CENTRAL LEG FOR THE CABINET ON ONE END THEREOF, AND (E) A PAIROF VERTICAL SIDE PANELS SECURED ONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF EACH CASE,